Cord tie



Dec. 9, 1930.

Y J. T. H. PATERSON CORD TIE Filed March 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 a/zx/Z ifazeraa ia Dec. 9, 1930. J. T. H. PATERSON CORD TIE Filed March 5,1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fp/azm azemw'v' Patented Dec. 9, 1930 PATENTOFFICE JOHN T. H. PATERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CORD TIE Applicationfiled March 5, 1929. Serial No. 344,298.

This invention relates to bag closures or cord ties for tobacco bags,pouches, sacks and the like and the object thereof is to provide asimple frictional cord grip of this character which can be cheaply andeconomically produced in quantities from sheet metal or wire,

although it may be used for various purposes where ends of cord, lacingor the like are adapted to be anchored, particularly in connection withbags, sacks, tobacco bags and the like. I

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a'bag orsack having one form of fastener or a tie for the closure thereof inapplied position.

Figures 2 to 12 inclusive are perspective views in modified forms.

Figure 13 is a plan view of another form.

Figure 14 is a sectional view taken'on the section line 1414 of Figure13.

Figure 15 is a plan view of another form.

Figure 16 is a sectional view taken on the section line 1616 of Figure15. Y 1

Figures 1'? to inclusive are perspective views of other forms producedof sheet metal 3' or other suitable sheetma-terial of proper flexibilityor tensional stiffness and Figures 26 to 31 inclusive are furtherperspective views of devices made of wire.

Referringto the drawings in detail, and

more particularly to Figure 1, 1 designates a tobacco bag of cloth, atobacco pouch, or other bag having a mouth portion 2 with a hem 3adapted to receive a draw string or cord 4 preferably in the form of aloop with 49 no free ends so as to form the bag or sack closure.Ordinarily, it is common to have two ends or loop portions which areadapted to be tied together and which require the use of both hands. Thepresent fastener ortie is designed to'eliminate one of these ends sothat the device can be handled with one hand if desired. I

As shown in Figure 1, the fastener. comprises a section of sheet metalor the like, that is some material of similar flexibility and tensionalstiffness indicated at 5 having one end turned up at right angles orsubstantially so as indicated at 6 and provided with an opening oraperture 7 through which the loop end 4 of the tie extends so that thefastener may ride thereon without displacement 0wing to the knot 8provided on the tie. This strip or plate 5 is provided with alongitudinal stiffening bead or rib 9 and one end has, a lateralextension 10 which is bent over in the form of a tongue over the plateportion 5 and in divergent relationthereto beyond the contacting portion11 so as to provide a frictional gripping means into which the loop ofthe draw string may be passed to anchor the same when the mouth of thebag or bag closure is drawn closed. This tongue as it will be noted isan extension on one side and is bent transversely of the plate or strip'5.-

In Figure 2 the plate 12 is provided with two apertured portions 18 atthe angularly bent ends each aperture individually receiving one of thecord portions 14 and the op posite edges being provided with tongues 15extending laterally outwardly and then bent inwardly in the same manneras the tongue 10 to provide frictional gripping members for therespective cords.

' InFigure 3 the plate 16 has a right angular bent end 17 preferablystiffened by the rebent ogee portion 18 and a corresponding aperturereceiving the cord 4 as previously described. Oppositely extendingtongues 19 are stamped from the plate 16 to frictionally receive andclamp or hold the string 4 therebeneath.

In Figure 4 the plate 20 is provided with an opening 21 receiving thecord 4 and a longitudinal slot 22 from the opening or adjacent theopening to the free end thereof, one side of which is bent up at anangle as indicated at 23 so as to frictionally receive and hold the cordin the slots thus produced.

In Figure 5 the plate is of similar construction as shown in Figure 4except that two slots 24 are provided forming an inter mediate tongue25, the opposite side portions being bent up so that the cords may bespread and extended through the respective gripping slotsr These slotsare preferablywid ing 31 at the free end of the slot so that the cordwill be anchored in the narrowing portion thereof.

In Figure 7 the plate is of the same form except that it is providedwith a plurality of attached or stamped out tongues 33 preferably threein number beneath which the cord is wound for anchoring in addition tothe frictional gripping beneath the resilient tongues thus formed as inthe previous described construction. I

In Figure 8 the device is the same as shown in Figure 7 except that thebent end is omitted and the plate 34 is made flat with the opening 35 inone end at the gripping portion or tongues 33 at the other.

In Figure 9 of the drawing the device comprises a strip bentintermediately upon itself as indicated at 36, the opposite bentportions or jaws 37 being preferably stiffened by beads or ribs 38preferably two in number on each or both sides and the bent portionhaving an opening 39 receiving the cord therethrough which is gripped atthe contacting intermediate portions 40 of the portions 37 or byengagement between the said portions at the ribs or beads: 38, exceptwhere said beads or ribs are projected outwardly. The ribs are shown twoin number spaced apart in parallel relation in this form.

In Figure 10 of the drawings the device is practically the same as shownin Figure 9 except that the rebent portion 41 is expanded outwardly oneach side and. the freeends of the portions that are rebent, that is, atthe ends are preferably bifurcated as indicated at 42 to provide wingswhile the cord is held beneath the contacting portions 43 adjacent therebent ends and one or both sides are stiffened by beads or ribs 44running longitudinally and centrally of the same.

In the formshown in Figure 11, the device is the same as shown in Figure10 except thatthe stiffening ribs or beads are made in the form of a Vconverging toward the free ends as indicated at 45. V

In Figure 12 of the drawings the device is of the same constructionidentically as shown in Figure 9 except that the ribs or beads arecurved outwardly 1n convex formation as lndicated at 146 from the rebentends ployed having openings 48 inits opposite ends through which thecords extend, A-

wire member 49 is anchored in one end and has a spring coil 7 0 fromwhich the wire is bent to provide a thumb engaging and depressingmember' 51 which extends through a slot 52 at one side of the box whilethe free end is bent inwardly along the adjacent side and has a loop 53receiving the cord therethrough so that the same will be held by theloop normally springing outwardly under the tension of the coil springat the opposite end, thereby gripping the cord, but releasing the sameon being pressed inwardly at 51 to dispose the loop 53 in registry withthe opening 43 adjacent thereto.

I11 the forms shown in Figures 15 and 16, the construction ispractically identical with the forms shown in Figures 13 and 14 exceptthat the gripping members are duplicated at opposite sides and a pair ofopenings 48 are provided for receiving the spaced cords. The grippingjaws are formed in one continuous piece of wire mounted within thebox-like structure and the opposite portion 51 maybe simultaneously orindependently depressed or pressed in to aline the loops 53 with theopening 48 to permit the cord to be passed throughor the tie to be movedalong the cord to fasten the closure.

In-Figure 17 of the drawing the device the cordor loop of the drawstring or the like andthe side portions 55 may be made of the samelength or one longer than the other and brought together in clampingrelation as shown in 56 to frictionally grip the cords passing betweenthe sides or tongues after passing through the opening of the aperturedextension or ear 54. Furthermore, a stiffening and gripping rib 57 maybe provided on either side of one or both of these tongues or sideportions of the rebent strip to assist in the gripping.

In Figure'l8 one end of the strip is considerably longeuthan the otheras indicated at 58 and apertured at 59 to receive the cord. The grippingportions or tongues 60 therefore are designed to frictionally clamp andhold the cord therebetween, the short tongue being bent from theopposite end from that provided with the aperture 59.

In Figure 19 of the drawings a plate 01' strip 61 has an opening 62 atone end receiving the cord and a stamped out tongue 63 near the oppositeend beneath which the cord is gripped. This tongue is bent slightly inangular or divergent'relation with respect to the plane of the plate togrip the cord.

In Figure 20 the device is the same as shown in Figure 19 except thatthe tongue 64 is stamped out in the opposite direction in stead oftoward the free end or transversely. The transverse tongue is shown inFigure 19 at 63 and in Figure 21 the tongue 65 longer and extendslongitudinally toward the free end opposite the opening 62.

In Figure 22 the device is of similar construction except that thetongue shown in Figure 18 is rebent twice as indicated at 66 and 67, thecord being passed beneath one or both of said tongues and grippedbetween the contacting portions of the rebent resilient or flexibleclamping jaw thus provided.

In Figure 23 the device is of the same construction as shown in Figure18 except that the rebent portion 68 is enlarged outwardly tosubstantially form a stifiening member for the rebent end to increasethe strength or riction of the grip.

In Figure 2a the device is the same as shown in Figure 1 except that thestiffening rib or head 9 is omitted and the free end of the strip orplate is provided with oppositely bent portions 69 which are then bentinwardly and upwardly to form gripping tongues 70 located centrally toreceive the cord and grip the same.

The construction shown in Figure is the same as shown in Figure 24except that the plate or strip is provided with a longitudinalstiffening rib or bead 71 and the rebent portions 69 are extended infurther before forming the gripping tongues or jaws 70 which are bentupwardly and outwardly slightly in divergent relation. The grippingeiiect takes place between the contacting or closely adjacent portionswhere the jaws 70 are bent up from the rebent portions 69.

In Figure 26 a device is shown made of wire, the intermediate portion ofwhich is bent from wire 72 to form coil 73, the end of the wire 7 2being so formed at one end and provided with a pair of loops 74; and the'free end is connected or anchored in cylinder 75 by twisting the sametogether, so that the cord is held between the gripping loops or jaws 74 preferably disposed perpendicularly I or at right angles to the coil 73. V

In Figure 27 the construction is the same as shown in Figure 26 exceptthat one end is anchored around the shank 75 as indicated at 76 and theend of the wire 72 is formed with a single coil or loop 77 adapted toreceive the cord therethrough like the spring coil or eye 73, in thepreviously described form.

In Figure 28 the device is shown made of a flat strip or flat wirehaving a rebent loop 78 at one end forming an eye receiving the cord andthe opposite end is rebent on itself twice in opposite directions asindicated at 79 and 80 forming grippingtongues beneath which the cordsmay be anchored either be tween one or both. This rebending correspondsto the rebendingot the sheet shown in Figure 22.

In Figure 29 the intermediate portion of the wire has a twisted portion81 termed with an eye 82 receiving the cord and the opposite end isprovided with two or three gripping loops 83 of resilient form receivingthe laced cord therethrough, the other free end of the wire beinganchored to the loop portions of the wire as indicated at 84 on theshank thus formed where the wires come together.

In Figure the construction is the same as shown in Figure 29 except thatthe loops B3 are extended in opposite directions and in the same plane.In Figure 31 the two ends are bent to form eyes 84 and anchored ortwisted around each other as indicated at 85, that is, one end may becoiled around the shank portion 86 thus formed and the oppositeloop endis rebent in opposite direction as indicated at 87 and 88 correspondingto the bending shown in Figures 22 and 28.

It will thus be seen that I provided a cord fastener or tie which formsan efiective and simple clasp for fastening a draw string of a bag orsack or ends of a lacing or the like. The device may be economicallyproduced in quantities and effectively serve to fasten a bag or sackclosure or other device of similar character.

While I have shown my invention in a preferred form, it is to beunderstood that various changes may be made in the construction,proportion and arrangement of the parts and also in the materials used,without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

lVhat I claim is: V

1. A bag or sack closure fastener, for a bag or sack having adrawstring, comprising a plate having an opening therein adapted toslidably mount the same on the drawstring and having portions bent toform wedging jaws to frictionally grip the drawstring when the bag isclosed and the plate slid against the bag.

2. The combination with a bag closure and drawstring formed in a loop,of a plate having a bent portion with an aperture for receiving bothportions of the drawstring to slidably mount the plate thereon, saidplate having aportion bent to form a gripping member with co-acting jawsto frictionally receive and hold the drawstring therebetween, to holdthe plate anchored against movement on the drawstring and the bagclosed. 7

3. The combination with a bag closure and drawstring formed in a loop,of a plate having an aperture for receiving both portions of thedrawstring to slidably mount the plate thereon, said plate having aportion bent to form a gripping member with co-acting jaws tofrictionally receive and hold the drawstring therebetween, to hold theplate anchored against movement on the drawstring and the bag closed.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

JOHN T. H. PATERSON.

